Georgia College Mens Basketball Adds LaGranges Thomas

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College
& State University men’s basketball program and head
coach Terry Sellers announced the signing of
Royal Thomas Friday.

Royal comes to Milledgeville from LaGrange, Ga. where he played
at LaGrange High School under head coach Mike Pauley, recently
named the AAA coach of the year by the Atlanta Journal
Constitution.

This past season, Royal led the Grangers to a 31-1 record
(LaGrange’s first 30-win season), a No. 1 state ranking, the
Region 2AAA Championship, and the AAA State Championship game.
Royal was selected Second Team All-State.

“Royal is 6-foot point guard who has the ability to be an
outstanding floor general and defender,” said Sellers.
“He plays extremely hard and will work to get better. He is a
winner who comes from a strong high school program where they came
within a few points of beating Columbia High School in the State
finals. We are very excited Royal has decided to become a
Bobcat.”

The Bobcats are fresh off a 22-6 season in 2009-10, winning the
Peach Belt Conference (PBC) West Division title. Georgia College
has now made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament for the
first time since 1999-2000 and picked up its fourth 20-win season
in the past five years. The Bobcats were ranked as high as
No. 14 in the NABC National Rankings. Georgia College loses five
Seniors including Graham Martin who was named
first team all-conference and Ty Rowland who was a
third team all-conference selection.

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